As part of the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities, the American Chemical Society is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12 grades. Students are asked to write and illustrate a poem using the Chemists Celebrate Earth Week 2021 theme, “Reducing Our Footprint with Chemistry.” This year’s […]
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Theme: “Reducing Our Footprint with Chemistry” For years, chemists have been promoting a better world through recyclable plastics, cleaner-burning fuels, phosphate-free detergents, environmental monitoring, and green chemistry initiatives. To promote the positive role that chemistry plays in the world, ACS established the Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW) public awareness campaign. […]
On February 23rd, many students registered and attended the panel discussion focused on the graduate student experience. The student panel provided a lot of key points and takeaways from the discussion, including, but not limited to; how great graduate school is, but also hard; therapy is common and recommended; imposter […]
The February 24, 2021 CSW meeting featured presentation of the College Chemistry Achievement Awards to ten deserving students. The Awards are presented annually by the Chemical Society of Washington to outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry and biochemistry from each of the area colleges and universities. Each student received a certificate […]
You are invited and encouraged to participate in the Fairfax County Regional Science & Engineering Fair. It is a great opportunity to support the science fair and the students who have worked long and hard on their projects. Below are some key dates/deadlines: · March 8-12 – project list and abstracts […]
February 24, 2021 – 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (ET)5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Presentation of the College Chemistry Achievement Awards5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Presentation by Dr. Carole Bewley followed by Q&A This will be a Zoom meeting. There is no charge to attend, but you must register in advance. Register Now […]
The ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Workshop “Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture” will be held on Sunday, February 7th, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET via Zoom. The workshop is $25 per attendee. The workshop is designed for graduate students and postdocs working in STEM departments, […]
The CSW December 2020 Meeting was held December 9, 2020 at Noon. Dr. Burke gave a wonderful seminar. If you weren’t able to attend live, please view a recording of this seminar, available at the link below! https://american-chemical-society.zoom.com/rec/share/tjepCl-0KptNLxgGuqYv7YdzIM585SxyxjxxOfxMK3Jca8e21oM4kC2yBcM-f3iI.ciAFByVfzdJgwegB (click on the zoom link, register with your name and email, then […]
Happy New Year to CSW members in 2021! It’s the beginning of a new year. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing for the near future, we’ve all had to adapt our lifestyles, work situations, and plans for 2020-2021. That said, I think there are some positives to the impossible life […]